“Now we are in litigation, and we are bound by the rules of conduct, and we are not going to be trying the case in the press,” Elizabeth Kase, Grimm’s attorney, told CQ Roll Call during a brief phone call following the 11 a.m. hearing from which Grimm departed without making statements to the press.

It’s not looking likely that a resolution will come anytime soon, however: According to news reportsfrom those on the scene, the case has been adjourned until July 21 to allow Kase and her colleagues to review over 70,000 pages of documents and 8,000 emails that government prosecutors are using as evidence against Grimm. Those documents will be turned over to the defense team starting Monday, with Kase suggesting to CQ Roll Call that she had been waiting for them to be made available “weeks ago.”

U.S. District Court Judge Pamela K. Chen, who was presiding over Monday’s hearing from a federal courthouse in Brooklyn, reportedly said that she would categorize Grimm’s case as “complex.” That determination also indicates Election Day could come and go before Grimm is compelled to take the stand.

Grimm has been charged with breaking the law in connection to the health food store he owned and operated prior to his election to Congress in 2010. The case includes allegations of filing false tax returns, committing mail fraud and withholding more than $1 million from the federal government.

Following news of the indictment late last month, Grimm maintained his innocence and vowed to stay in office and seek re-election for a third term.

GOP leaders haven’t called for him to resign from Congress, but Grimm agreed to step down from his seat on the Financial Services Committee for the duration of the investigation into his alleged misconduct.

That move appeared to appease leaders for the time being.

Grimm also has some support in his district: Over the weekend, supporters on Staten Island rallied in solidarity.

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1. Why Did You Vote With Bill de Blasio to Raise My Property Taxes 18.5%?
According to the Staten Island Advance, “Recchia said that the city had ‘no
choice’ but to raise property taxes.” While Recchia chaired the City
Council Finance Committee, the total size of property tax bills doubled
in New York City.

2. How Can Someone from Brooklyn Represent Me?
Recchia has never lived a day in his life on Staten Island, nor has he ever
represented us in the City Council. How can he think it is right to ask
Staten Islanders to be their Congressman when he doesn’t know what its
like to live here?

3. Why Did You Vote With Bill de Blasio To Make Me Pay New Bridge Tolls?
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Brooklyn Bridge and the rest of the bridges to Manhattan.

4. Why Don’t You Pay Your Own Taxes?
In spite of his votes to increase property taxes, incomes taxes, cigarette
taxes, sales taxes and cell phone fees, Recchia has been late with his
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